2 killed in wrong-way crash on North Carolina interstate

Jan. 19, 2018

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two people have been killed and two others hurt in a wrong-way crash on a North Carolina interstate highway.

Raleigh police said in a news release that the wreck happened around 11:40 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 40.

Police spokeswoman Donna-maria Harris said a car with four people inside was driving east in the westbound lanes of the road. The car crashed head-on into a pickup truck. One person in the car died at the scene. A second person later died at a Raleigh hospital.

The names of the victims have not been released.

Two other people in the car were hurt, but Harris said both were in stable condition at the hospital.